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AI executive calls tech industry's data use 'largest theft of labor in history'
Original: AI exec: We may have pulled off “the largest theft of labor in human history.”
A tech executive reportedly described the AI industry's use of human-created work as potentially "the largest theft of labor in human history," according to documents uncovered in a lawsuit and reported by Mother Jones. The comments suggest some industry leaders privately acknowledge that AI systems are built on creative and intellectual labor taken without compensation, fueling ongoing legal and ethical debates.
Why now: Newly released lawsuit documents reveal candid admissions from tech leaders about unlicensed use of human labor to train AI.
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Evidence
- AI exec: We may have pulled off “the largest theft of labor in human history.” · Mother Jones
Documents from our lawsuit reveal how tech leaders talk when they think no one is listening.